wvanbeek@ZEUS.MGMT.PURDUE.EDU (Bill Van Beek) (02/09/90)
I am looking for input on off-the-shelf TCP/IP gates for Novell. I have been asked to garner this information for a 802.3 ThinLan network running v2.15c. Proposed hardware would be a HP Vectra Classic (80286). I know, why not try "packet drivers". It's a long story but we need to investigate this option. I'd be interested in hardware requirements, software, and limitations in addition to the usual "I like this solution because....". Thanks. ...bill van beek ....................."live long and prosper"... assistant director..................wvanbeek@midas.mgmt.purdue.edu... krannert computer center ............ wvanbeek@purccvm... ...krannert school of managment, purdue university (317) 494-4526...
LARRY@VM.NRC.CA (Larry Bradley) (02/10/90)
If you want to be able to run TCP/IP on your Novell workstations to connect to a TCP/IP network on campus via a gateway, look into Wollongong's WIN/ROUTE and WIN/TCP for DOS products. WIN/ROUTE is a router ... your campus ethernet with TCP/IP on one side and a Novell IPX lan on the other (ethernet, token-ring, arcnet ...). WIN/CTP for DOS is the TCP/IP package ... telnet, ftp,tn3270, ping, etc that will use the Novell IPX packets to send TCP/IP to the WIN/ROUTE router (or to another PC on the Novell lan running WIN/TCP). This works very well indeed; I am Beta testing the new version of WIN/ROUTE that supports TCP/IP through Novell bridges, and it works nicely. I have the router on our Novell backbone, and any PC on any of the other Novell networks can access the Internet. For more info, send mail to LJM@TWG.COM ... Leo is a Wollonggong person that frequents this list. [standard disclaimers ... I am a user, no assoc. with Wollongong ... I can barely spell it; I can't pronounce it!] *------------------------------------+----------------------* |Larry Bradley | LARRY@VM.NRC.CA | |Communications Manager | Larry.Bradley@NRC.CA | |National Research Council of Canada | LARRY@NRCVM01 | |Networks Branch | | |M60, Montreal Road | (613)993-0240 | |Ottawa, Canada K1A 0R6 | FAX:(613) 954-2561 | *------------------------------------+----------------------*